Tokyo and its suburbs have a population of 38 million people. Let that sink in for a minute. That’s more than all of Australia in one city, and when you’re there it feels so big, you might never find the edges.

Fumbling for my glasses in the dark I could see it had only been three hours since my baby’s last feed. The thought of shoving my boob in her mouth again made my skin crawl. That’s when I knew, I needed to quit breastfeeding.

Think you might be pregnant? Even with the most effective birth control methods, there’s always a chance for error. After all, it takes just one sperm to fertilize the egg. Finding out whether or not that’s happened is as easy as taking an over-the-counter (OTC)